Eric Ginsburg

Julia Halperin reports that the New Museum will be transforming the warehouse next to them into an “incubator” for art, design and technology. Associate Director Massimiliano Gioni says the project is an extension of the New Museum’s interest in “developing new formats for the distribution of knowledge.” That’s perhaps overstating a real estate venture, but whatever it is, the museum’s got a new revenue stream, and that’s likely a good thing. [The Art Newspaper]

The government shutdown cost the Smithsonian nearly 3 million dollars. [The Art Newspaper]

Yung Jake has noticed a new trend: leaning art and architecture. Naturally he’s started a tumblr to chart this trend. [Leanrs]

An entire listicle charting the importance of blue. We told you this was a trending color. [The Huffington Post]

First Park has a new public artwork: Christopher Walken Rex. The artists Caleb Kuball and Ethan Cyr say the idea came from watching the family in the Queen of Versailles. Cyr’s quoted: “I saw how rich those kids were, and their lack of creation with all that money. I decided if I could get that much money I would make something great.” [boweryboogie]

If that Hyperallergic post made you think that you might like to get in on some art, now’s your chance. NURTUREArt’s benefit is happening tonight, and they have more work I’ve ever seen in a benefit auction. I suggest Eric Ginsburg’s Bart (the dog), but there are literally hundreds more to choose from. [nurtureart.artcat.com]

The Cat Show at White Columns has everything and nothing to do with cats. Everything, because most of the 134 artworks show cats or cat-related ephemera—like litter boxes, scratching posts, or yarn. Nothing, because the themes of many of these works aren’t about cats at all.